Mayoral candidates don’t just have to answer how they are going to close the immediate budget gaps and suggest a new long-term funding solution. They also have to figure out how to “manage up” with other orders of government. Opinion by thekeenanwire
As this week’s three-day city council meeting kicked off Wednesday, a lot of the attention and action was focused on what wasn’t there.’s sudden resignation last month. Three wannabe mayors who are planning to run were there, lined up next to each other, seated across the centre of the council floor, where each took opportunities to posture for the top job .
A little less than a decade ago, when the city was going through one of its periodic moments of civic swagger, a popular T-shirt read “Toronto vs. Everybody.” Right now, it certainly feels like an accurate slogan, and a dynamic the next mayor is going to have to deal with. Toronto is tasked with a lot of responsibility, and has limited revenue authority to meet it. And now, after the pandemic budget crisis, evermore limited direct help meeting it, too.
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